The Weight Loss Technique Few Talk About
ALL I HEAR ABOUT ARE DIETS, DIETS, AND DIETS. But what if I told you that there is a way to lose weight without appealing to a restrictive diet? Imagine that you could lose weight by simply lying in bed.
Maybe I have oversold it as there is a catch: You have to be asleep. Historical studies inform us that if we put you in a sleep lab and limit your sleep to four or five hours nightly, you will consume more calories the following day.
But why do we eat more when we are sleep-deprived? Is it the fatigue that drives us, or is it something else? Will we decrease our caloric intake if we sleep more?
Thanks to a recently published study from the University of Chicago (USA), we have some answers.
Sleep and weight: Study details
Sleep expert Dr. Esra Tasali and colleagues randomized 80 overweight volunteers getting less than 6.5 hours of sleep per night to receive either personalized sleep recommendations (to extend sleep) versus nothing but routine study visits.
Here’s where we need to take a detour, as I want to share with you the very doable suggestions offered by the researchers:
- Create a bedtime routine
- Limit television and phone use in bed
